SULLIVAN WEST HIGH SCHOOL AT LAKE HUNTINGTON

SULLIVAN WEST HIGH SCHOOL AT LAKE HUNTINGTON, an intimate 9-12 campus in LAKE HUNTINGTON, New York, run under SULLIVAN WEST CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, instructs 492 students, covering grades 7 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 26% leaner than the state mean of about 668.

Within SULLIVAN WEST CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, which oversees 2 schools and 1,045 students, SULLIVAN WEST HIGH SCHOOL AT LAKE HUNTINGTON is one campus in the system.

Demographically, SULLIVAN WEST HIGH SCHOOL AT LAKE HUNTINGTON lists that nearly all students (84%) are White. The remainder comes out to 12% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. By comparison, Sullivan County as a whole is about 70% White, so the school skews meaningfully more White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 50 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 9.9:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 11.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 41% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Sullivan County runs at roughly 61%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), SULLIVAN WEST HIGH SCHOOL AT LAKE HUNTINGTON sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 60.0%; this one delivers 65.3%.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Sullivan County put median household earnings sit near $72,382, roughly 30% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Sullivan County's 20 public schools (combined enrollment of about 9,164 students), SULLIVAN WEST HIGH SCHOOL AT LAKE HUNTINGTON is one campus in the mix.

Damascus Area Sch is the nearest neighboring public school, about 4.4 miles from this campus. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), SULLIVAN WEST HIGH SCHOOL AT LAKE HUNTINGTON ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 45.5%.

SULLIVAN WEST HIGH SCHOOL AT LAKE HUNTINGTON operates from a rural location.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at SULLIVAN WEST HIGH SCHOOL AT LAKE HUNTINGTON has remained close to its prior level, going from 496 students in 2018 to 492 in 2025. Class-load math has tightened: from 10.9:1 in 2018 to 9.9:1 in 2025.

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